ot havehappened had it not been for Justinian. It was not necessarily his achievements butbecause of his failures that history turned out the way that it did. Justinian is known as the last greatRoman Emperor (Justinian). Justinian thought of himself as the restorer of Roman power and prestige (TheEmpire at the time of Justinian). On the issue of architecture, Justinian restored many of theold, traditional Roman Churches. The most famous and noted of these is St. Sophia, or the Church ofHoly Wisdom. It was known as an architectural wonder of the middle ages. This is just one ofthe numerous churches that Justinian restored (The Empire at the time of Justinian). Justinian wasa very fine architect. The public buildings and other structures were used as gifts, but alsomonuments that declared the greatness of a ruler. He was eager to have a permanent literary record ofhis building achievements. As previously mentioned, Justinian restored many of the Churchesin his empire. He also rebuilt a hospital that was free of charges for the poor of the city.“The reign of Justinian would have been incomplete if it had not brought with it some new monumentsto the glory of the empire.” He wanted to provide the people with the much needed publicbuildings. “Justinian surpassed the work of Constantine, who up to that point, had been the greatestbuilder among the Christian emperors of the Empire.” (The Empire at the time of Justinian) On thesubject of art and literature, Justinian supported each of these. He supported the Classical GreekLiterature, and the arts. At first the Christians in the empire didn’t accept the literature andeducation of the Classical Greek style. They (the Christians) failed to see a way in which theblasphemous literature could ...
